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    The Battle of Częstochowa was one of the first battles of the Invasion of Poland during World War II. It took place on September 1–3, 1939. The Polish...
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  • Battle of Częstochowa may refer to: Siege of Jasna Góra (1655) Battle of Częstochowa (1939) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the...
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    Częstochowa is historically part of the Lesser Poland region, not of Silesia, and before 1795, it belonged to the Kraków Voivodeship. Częstochowa is...
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    beginning on the 4th day of World War II in the Polish city of Częstochowa, between 4 and 6 September 1939. The shootings, beatings and plunder continued for three...
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    The Battle of Mokra took place on 1 September 1939 near the village of Mokra, 5 km north of Kłobuck and 23 km north-west of Częstochowa, Poland. It was...
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    forces of German 4th Panzer Division under Major General Georg-Hans Reinhardt managed to break through positions of the Polish Łódź Army near Częstochowa and...
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  • September: Battle of Częstochowa 1–2 September: Battle of Mikołów 1–25 September: Worek Plan 1 September – 2 October: Battle of Hel 2 September: Raid...
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    The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, War of Poland of 1939, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September –...
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  • 7th Infantry Division (Poland) (category Infantry divisions of Poland)
    Infantry Regiment (Częstochowa), 74th Upper Silesian Infantry Regiment (Lubliniec), 7th Light Artillery Regiment (Częstochowa). In mid-1939, following Plan...
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    the city of Katowice. Częstochowa massacre: German soldiers massacred some 1,140 Polish civilians, including 150 Jews, in the city of Częstochowa on 4–6...
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    Pszczyna, Skoczów, Żywiec), Częstochowa Industrial Region (Częstochowski Okręg Przemysłowy), which includes Częstochowa, Myszków, and Zawiercie. Upper...
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    The Battle of Radom, also known as the Battle of Iłża, was part of the Invasion of Poland during the Second World War. It lasted from 8 September 1939 to...
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    province of Zagłębie Dąbrowskie, where the bulk of coal mines and steel plants was located. Furthermore, heavy industry plants were located in Częstochowa (Huta...
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    break-through of armored contingents of the German Army Group South near the city of Częstochowa sought to defeat the Polish 6th Infantry Division south of Katowice...
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    The Battle of Grunwald, Battle of Žalgiris, or First Battle of Tannenberg, was fought on 15 July 1410 during the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War. The alliance...
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  • Kraków Army (category Military units and formations established in 1939)
    Army defended southwestern border of Poland, from Krzepice near Częstochowa, to Czorsztyn. In the area of Częstochowa, the 7th I.D. (General Janusz Gąsiorowski)...
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    Wacław Stachiewicz (category Recipients of the Military Order of the Cross of the Eagle, Class I)
    officer of the Staff of the General Inspectorate of Armed Forces. In January 1928, he completed his practice as the commanding officer of the Częstochowa-based...
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    The Częstochowa Ghetto uprising was an insurrection in Poland's Częstochowa Ghetto against German occupational forces during World War II. It took place...
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    invaded Poland in September 1939, occupation authorities began to establish ghettos to segregate Jews. Following the invasion of the Soviet Union in June...
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    University of Music in Katowice, the Physical Education Academy and the Academy of Fine Arts. Częstochowa is the seat of the Częstochowa University of Technology...
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    Janusz Gąsiorowski (category Recipients of the Order of St. Sava)
    commander of the Polish 7th Infantry Division during the German invasion of Poland in 1939. Taken prisoner on 4 September in the battle of Częstochowa. He was...
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    Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also This article lists all the battles that...
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    history of Poland from 1939 to 1945 encompasses primarily the period from the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union to the end of World...
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    The Battle of Warsaw (Polish: Bitwa Warszawska; Russian: Варшавская битва, Varshavskaya bitva), also known as the Miracle on the Vistula (Polish: Cud...
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    Ciepielów massacre (category September 1939 events)
    the Częstochowa battle, with some sources describing it as effectively destroyed. During the invasion of Poland, the Wehrmacht committed a number of war...
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    Kraków Cavalry Brigade (category Military units and formations disestablished in 1939)
    Zygmunt Piasecki, was part of Armia Kraków, defending the area between Zabkowice and Częstochowa. In the first days of September 1939, its defence lines were...
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    Battle of the Niemen River was the second-greatest battle of the Polish–Soviet War. It took place near the middle Neman River between the cities of Suwałki...
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    order of battle during the invasion of Poland. In the late 1930s Polish headquarters prepared "Plan Zachód" (Plan "West), a plan of mobilization of Polish...
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  • French Minister of Public Works, comes to Poland April 23. A 49-kilometer railroad connection Częstochowa – Chorzew Siemkowice, part of the Polish Coal...
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    as a result of the initial battle of Radzymin in the final days of July, these advance units of the Soviet 2nd Tank Army were pushed out of Wołomin and...
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